Capital Ideas: Investors Plan
For Possible Gains Tax Cut

Investors and many homeowners are reacting ecstatically to the news of a budget accord that would cut their taxes.

But many of these people will face some knotty financial-planning questions in the coming weeks and months as Congress and the White House attempt to fill in the details. One of the toughest questions for investors and homeowners alike is what, if anything, to do right away, now that the heads of the House and Senate tax-writing committees have set this past Wednesday as the effective date for any...